Hamburg-American Line - Hamburg-Amerika Linie

Hamburg-American Line
(Hamburg-Amerika Linie - HAPAG - Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt AG)

Germany

Hamburg-American Line and North German Lloyd merged to form Hapag-Lloyd in 1970.

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Sailings February 1903-January 1904 (issued March 10, 1903)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Deutschland Auguste Victoria Fürst Bismarck Moltke Bluecher	New York, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Hamburg. Called at Southampton (after Hamburg) instead of Plymouth on westbound voyages.
Patricia Pennsylvania Pretoria Graf Waldersee	New York, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Hamburg. Called at Boulogne instead of Cherbourg on westbound voyages.
Belgravia Batavia Bulgaria Palatia Phoenicia	New York, Hamburg. Called at Boulogne on westbound voyages.

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Atlas Service
Sailings September 1912-January 1913 (issued September 5, 1912)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Hamburg-American Line:
Prinz Joachim	New York, Fortune Island, Santiago, Kingston, Colon, Port Limon
Prinz August Wilhelm	New York, Fortune Island, Santiago, Kingston, Colon, Bocas del Toro, Port Limon. Bocas del Toro omitted on return voyages.
Prinz Sigismund Prinz Eitel Friedrich	New York, Fortune Island, Montego Bay, Kingston, Colon, Port Limon. Montego Bay omitted on return voyages.
Albingia Allemannia	New York, Inagua, cape Hayti, Port de Paix, Gonaives, Port-au-Prince, Jeremie, Aux Cayes, Cartagena. Return voyages: Cartagena, Puerto Colombia, Santa Marta, Jeremie, Port-au-Prince, Inagua, New York
Altai Westerwald	New York, Inagua, St. Marc, Port-au-Prince, Petit Goave, Miragoane, Jacmel, Cartagena. Return voyages: Cartagena, Puerto Colombia, Santa Marta, Jeremie, Port-au-Prince, Inagua, New York.
Präsident	Intercolonial service: St. Thomas, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo, Azua de Campostela, Jacmel, Aux cayes, Kingston, Port-au-Prince, Jeremie, Aux Cayes, Jacmel, Santo Domingo, San Pedro de Macoris, San Juan, Mayaguez, Ponce, St. Thomas
Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores - CSAV:
Huasco Aysen Limari	Panama, Payta, Eten, Pacasmayo, Salaverry, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Valparaiso. (One sailing each only; no return voyages listed.)
Pacific Steam Navigation Co.:
Quilpue Guatemala Mexico	South American coastal service: Panama, Payta, Eten, Pacasmayo, Salaverry, Callao. (One sailing each only; no return voyages listed.)
Orissa Ortega Oropesa	Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, Lota. (Continued via South American east coast to Liverpool, though not mentioned.) (One sailing each only; no return voyages listed.)
Peruvian Steamship Co. (Compañía Peruana de Vapores):
Urubamba Pachitea Ucayali	Panama, Labitos (Ucayali only), Payta, Eten, Pacasmayo, Salaverry, Callao, Tambo de Mora, Pisco, Lomas, Mollendo. (One sailing each only; no return voyages listed.)
Urubamba Huallaga Mantaro	Panama, Guayaquil, Payta, Eten, Pacasmayo, Salaverry, Chimbote, Samanco, Casma, Huarmey, Supe, Huacho, Callao, Cerro Azul, Pisco, Mollendo, Ilo. (One sailing each only; no return voyages listed.)
Pacific Mail Steamship Co.:
? ? (No ships mentioned in the brochure)	Balboa, Puntarenas, Corinto, Amapala, La Union, La Libertad, Acajutla, San José de Guatemala, Ocos, Salina Cruz, Acapulco, San Blas, San Francisco. (No return voyages listed.)
? ? (No ships mentioned in the brochure)	Balboa, Puntarenas, San Juan del Sur, Corinto, Amapala, La Libertad, Acajutla, San José de Guatemala, Champerico, Salina Cruz, Acapulco, San Blas, Mazatlan, San Francisco. (No return voyages listed.)
? ? (No ships mentioned in the brochure)	Balboa, San Juan del Sur, Corinto, La Union, La Libertad, Acajutla, San José de Guatemala, Champerico, Ocos, Salina Cruz, Acapulco, Manzanillo, San Blas, San Francisco. (No return voyages listed.)

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Sailings April-October 1914 (issued May 7, 1914)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Imperator Vaterland Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria Amerika (one roundtrip voyage in May only)	Hamburg, Southampton, Cherbourg, New York
President Lincoln President Grant	Hamburg, Boulogne, Southampton, New York. Return voyages: New York, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Hamburg.
Pennsylvania Batavia Pretoria Graf Waldersee (one roundtrip voyage in May/June only)	Hamburg, New York
Cincinnati Cleveland	Hamburg, Boulogne, Southampton, Boston. Return voyages: Boston, Plymouth, Boulogne, Hamburg.
Amerika (from June)	Hamburg, Southampton, Cherbourg, Boston
Prinz Adalbert Prinz Oskar Rugia	1) Hamburg, Philadelphia or 2) Hamburg, Emden, Philadelphia
Graf Waldersee (from July)	Hamburg, Philadelphia
Armenia (one roundtrip voyage in May/June only)	Hamburg, Halifax, Baltimore. Return voyage: Baltimore, Hamburg.
Bosnia Bulgaria (one roundtrip voyage each in June/July)	Hamburg, Baltimore
Barcelona (one voyage - no return - in May only)	Hamburg, Baltimore
Pallanza Frankfurt (North German Lloyd) (one voyage in Apr/May only) Hannover (North German Lloyd) Samland (Red Star Line) Gothland (Red Star Line) Willehad (North German Lloyd) Wittekind (North German Lloyd)	Hamburg, Quebec (No return voyages, except one of Pallanza in May/June.)
Moltke Hamburg	Genoa, Naples, New York. Return voayges: New York, Gibraltar, Naples, Genoa.

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United American Lines/Hamburg-American Line
Sailings May-December 1924 (issued May 16, 1924)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
United American Lines:
Resolute Reliance	New York, Cherbourg, Southampton, Hamburg
Cleveland	New York, Cherbourg, Southampton, Hamburg. Called also at Halifax on return voyages.
Mount Clay	New York, Hamburg. Called also at Southampton and Halifax on return voyages.
Hamburg-American Line:
Albert Ballin Deutschland	Hamburg, Southampton, New York
Thuringia Westphalia	Hamburg, New York
Hansa	Hamburg, Halifax, New York. Halifax omitted on return voyages.

Sailings September 1926-September 1927 (issued September 1926)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Resolute Reliance	Hamburg, Southampton, Cherbourg
Albert Ballin Hamburg New York Deutschland Cleveland (Two voyages in 1926 only)	Hamburg, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Southampton, New York. Return voyages: New York, Cherbourg, Southampton.
Cleveland	Hamburg, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Cobh, Boston, New York. Return voyages: New York, Boston, Cobh, Cherbourg, Hamburg.
Thuringia Westphalia	Hamburg, Cobh, Boston, New York

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Hamburg-American Line/Kosmos/Roland-Linie
Sailings September 1930-January 1931 (issued October 1930)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Hamburg-American Line:
Kellerwald Spreewald Carl Legien Ruhr Amasis	Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Cristobal, Buenaventura, Guayaquil (except Amasis), Paita (except Amasis), Pimentel (except Amasis), Pacasmayo (Kellerwald and Carl Legien only), Salaverry (except Kellerwald and Amasis), Callao, Pisco (Kellerwald and Spreewald only), Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso. (No return sailings listed.)
Itauri	Hamburg, Magallanes, Corral, Talcahuano, Valparaiso, Antofagasta. (No return sailings listed.)s.
Albingia	Hamburg, Antwerp, Cristobal, Puntarenas, Corinto, Amapala, La Union, La Libertad, Acajutla, San José de Guatemala, Champerico. (No return sailings listed.)
Kosmos:
Emil Kirdorf Ammon Rhodopis Adolf von Baeyer Nitokris	Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam (Emil Kirdorf and Adolf von Baeyer only), Antwerp, Cristobal, Buenaventura, Guayaquil (Emil Kirdorf and Adolf von Baeyer only), Paita (Emil Kirdorf and Adolf von Baeyer only), Pimentel (Emil Kirdorf and Adolf von Baeyer only), Pacasmayo (Adolf von Baeyer only), Salaverry (Emil Kirdorf only), Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso. (No return sailings listed.)
Rhein Karnak Odenwald Sachsen	Hamburg, Magallanes, Puerto Montt (except Sachsen), Corral, Talcahuano, Valparaiso, Antofagasta. (No return sailings listed.)
Artemisia	Hamburg, Antwerp, Cristobal, Puntarenas, Corinto, Amapala, La Union, La Libertad, Acajutla, San José de Guatemala, Champerico. (No return sailings listed.)
Roland-Linie:
Ludwigshafen Königsberg Ansgir Murla Wiegand Wido Aachen	Bremen, Rotterdam (Ansgir and Wido only), Antwerp, Cristobal, Buenaventura, Guayaquil, Paita, Pimentel (except Ludwigshafen, Murla and Aachen), Pacasmayo (Königsberg, Murla and Aachen only), Salaverry (Ludwigshafen, Ansgir and Wiegand only), Callao, Pisco (Königsberg, Wiegand and Wido only), Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Valparaiso. (No return sailings listed.)
Rapot	Hamburg, Magallanes, Corral, Talcahuano, Valparaiso, Antofagasta. (No return sailings listed.)
Erfurt	Hamburg, Antwerp, Cristobal, Puntarenas, Corinto, Amapala, La Union, La Libertad, Acajutla, San José de Guatemala, Champerico. (No return sailings listed.)

Sailings May-December 1932 (issued May 1932) for:
New York, Deutschland, Albert Ballin, Hamburg, Resolute, Reliance, St. Louis, Milwaukee
Ports of call:
New York, Boston, Halifax, Cobh, Galway, Cherbourg, Southampton, Boulogne, Hamburg

Sailings April-September 1933 (issued June 1933) for:
Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Tacoma, San Francisco, Oakland
Ports of call:
Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Curaçao, Cristobal, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland
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Sailings May 1933-January 1934 (issued May 10, 1933) for:
New York, Deutschland, Albert Ballin, Hamburg, Resolute, Reliance, St. Louis, Milwaukee
Ports of call:
New York, Boston, Halifax, Cobh, Galway, Cherbourg, Southampton, Boulogne, Hamburg
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Hamburg-American Line/North German Lloyd
Sailings August 1935-January 1936 (issued August 1935) for:
New York, Deutschland, Albert Ballin, Hamburg, Reliance, St. Louis (Hapag);
Bremen, Europa, Columbus, Berlin, Stuttgart (Lloyd)
Ports of call:
New York, Cobh, Galway, Plymouth, Cherbourg, Southampton, Boulogne, Bremen, Hamburg

Hamburg-American Line/North German Lloyd
Sailings February-November 1939 (issued February 20, 1939) for:
Deutschland, Hansa, Hamburg, St. Louis, Patria (Hapag);
Bremen, Europa, Columbus, Berlin (Lloyd)
Ports of call:
New York, Galway, Cobh, Cherbourg, Southampton, Bremen, Hamburg

Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Promotional & general information brochure/fares list (no sailings listed); (issued January 1957)
Odenwald Spreewald Heidelberg Tübingen Göttingen Erlangen Braunschweig "and sisterships" (Köln is on the cover of the brochure, though not mentioned)	Hamburg, New York. Return voyages: New York, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg
"The freighters of the Hamburg-American Line operate in a joint service with those of the North German Lloyd. Each week a ship sails from New York to Bremen or Hamburg, via Antwerp and Rotterdam; westbound there is similar weekly service from Hamburg or Bremen direct to New York".
Click to view a 1958 Hapag brochure with photos of some of the ships mentioned above

Hamburg-American Line/North German Lloyd
Sailings July 1961-January 1963 (issued June 1961)
Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Hamburg-American Line:
Hamburg Hannover	Typical voyage: Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Southampton, Genoa, Port Said, Penang, Singapore, Miri, Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama. Return: Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Aden, Djibouti, Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles, Southampton, Antwerp, Rotterdam (or the two latter in reverse order), Hamburg.
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Frankfurt	Typical voyage: Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Southampton, Genoa, Port Said, Singapore, Miri, Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama. Return: Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Aden, Djibouti, Port Said, Genoa, Southampton, Hamburg.
Cargo vessels with accommodation for 12 passengers or less:
München Dresden	Typical voyage: Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Port Said, Djibouti, Aden, Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama. Return: Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Aden, Djibouti, Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg.
Leverkusen	Typical voyage: Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Port Said, Djibouti, Aden, Penang, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama. Return: Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Aden, Djibouti, Port Said, Genoa, Hamburg.
North German Lloyd:
Bayernstein Schwabenstein	Typical voyage: Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Southampton, Genoa, Port Said, Djibouti, Aden, Penang, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama. Return: Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Aden, Djibouti, Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles, Southampton, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen.
Hessenstein	Typical voyage: Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Southampton, Genoa, Port Said, Djibouti, Aden, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama. Return: Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Aden, Djibouti, Port Said, Genoa, Southampton, Bremen.
Cargo vessels with accommodation for 12 passengers or less:
Rothenstein Reifenstein (one voyage only) Nabob (one voyage only) Unnamed vessel(s) (several voayges)	Typical voyage: Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Port Said, Djibouti, Aden, Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama. Return: Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Aden, Djibouti, Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen.
Travestein Neckarstein (one voyage only)	Typical voyage: Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Port Said, Djibouti, Aden, Penang, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Kobe, Yokohama. Return: Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, Penang, Aden, Djibouti, Port Said, Genoa, Bremen.

See the archives section for more brochures of Hamburg-American Line.
See also the shipping in 1971 section (Hapag-Lloyd).

See a page with postcards of Hamburg harbour, including one of the St. Louis and one of the Robert Ley,
the KdF-ship managed by Hamburg-American Line.

Hamburg-American Line fleet information, history etc. on the following website:

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